cumgirl8 Announce New Album ‘the 8th cumming’ Out 4 October

Like a scantily clad Creature from the Black Lagoon, Manhattan four-piece cumgirl8 has emerged from their primordial goo, resurrecting in striking full colour with a highly-anticipated announcement of new music. After coming-of-age with their introductory self-titled EP (2020), experiencing their own end with their RIPcumgirl8 EP (2021), and witnessing a twisted vision of the afterlife through their first EP on 4AD phantasea pharm (2023), cumgirl8 is now on the cusp of their 8th cumming by way of their long-awaited debut LP of that name, out on 4 October.

To commemorate the announcement of the record today, cumgirl8 have additionally shared the record’s first single, ‘Karma Police,’ alongside an accompanying visualiser. With the track, the band deliver not a Radiohead cover, but a chaotic tour story of missed flights and stolen luggage delivered with a hailstorm of angular glittering keys, propulsive swirling riffs, and darkwave night club whispers akin to Gina X, Essential Logic, & Delta 5. Capitalising on the band’s historic ‘gothic pop and scuzzy dance-punk studded with horny prose’ (Pitchfork), the track portrays a fluorescent snapshot of their recent US headline shows, global festival appearances, and support slots with Le Tigre, L7, and Bratmobile.

Check out ‘Karma Police’ HERE or via the player below.

Described as a utopian, chaotic ‘Greta Thunberg fever dream,’ the 8th cumming (recorded live, entirely on analog) is rooted in a philosophy close to the band’s heart: cyberfeminism, which addresses the relationship between human and machine, nature and technology. Within this context, the record aims to examine our relationships with the online and physical world from an apocalyptic vantage point, even down to its artwork in which the band adorns slime-covered futuristic garments in a muted, murky landscape (representative of an inevitable ‘post-reality’ consisting of our deteriorating natural ecosystem and the dissolution of consciousness at the helm of artificial intelligence). Historically flexing their political muscles via outspoken activism (including protesting SXSW 2024), innuendo-ridden lyrics, adventurous stage presentation aided by costumes created in-house by the band, and merch table Plan C (Medication Abortion) pills, this current version of the band has fundamentally taken things up a notch, unafraid to introduce listeners to complicated themes all while exploring their creative boundaries and looking inward.

The album’s tracklist sonically oscillates between dark and light, travelling intergalactically between distorted, gothic industrialism akin to the retro horror soundtracks of John Carpenter, to Chris & Cosey or Suicide-reminiscent suspenseful and sometimes romantic synth-wave, and gritty post-punk experimentalism. A handful of musical references the band turned to during their writing sessions include Miss Kittin, Delta 5, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Throbbing Gristle, ESG, Desire, Ladytron, Deli Girls, Nine Inch Nails, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Peaches, Björk, LustsickPuppy, Nite Fleit, White Town (specifically ‘Your Woman’), and Girl Pusher – nods to each can be seen in small doses throughout. Colliding with its varied musical landscape, the 8th cumming additionally sits firmly between hyper-realistic and fantastical in terms of its themes, calling back to the record’s interplay of cyberfeminist societal critiques and the foursome’s lived experience.

In celebration of the 8^th cumming, cumgirl8 is also embarking on a string of forthcoming UK, European and North American tour dates kicking off this October, November and December and continuing through the end of the year. Following a set at Iceland Airwaves, the band will visit France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Belgium before heading to the UK for eight shows in major cities including a London headline show at The Underworld on 5 December. The full list of dates is below with new dates in bold, and for tickets and information, head HERE.

the 8^th cumming will be available to purchase in a variety of formats via the 4AD Webstore, including Standard Black and Neon Green 4AD Webstore/Indie Exclusive vinyl. Pre-ordered copies will receive a flexi-disc for bonus track ‘Goblin’ and a signed press photo. The record will also be available via Bandcamp (Bandcamp Exclusive Lenticular Insert, limited to 100 copies) and Rough Trade (‘On The Rise’ Hand-Painted White Labels, limited to 100 copies). For more information, and to pre-order head HERE.

cumgirl8 Tour Dates:
10 October – LAKE PERRIS, CA, USA, Desert Daze Festival
15 October – SAN DIEGO, CA, USA, Casbah
16 October – SANTA ANA, CA, USA, Constellation Room @ The Observatory
18 October – LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, The Echo
19 October – PHOENIX, AZ, USA, VIVA PHX Festival @ Valley Bar
20 October – ALBUQUERQUE, NM, USA, Sister Bar
22 October – DENVER, CO, USA, Hi-Dive
24 October – SALT LAKE CITY, UT, USA, The Beehive
25 October – BOISE, ID, USA, Shrine Social Club (Halloween Event)
26 October – PORTLAND, OR, USA, Dante’s
27 October – SEATTLE, WA, USA, Madame Lou’s
28 October – VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA, The Pearl
31 October – SACRAMENTO, CA, USA, Goldfield Trading Post
1 November – SAN FRANSISCO, CA, USA, Psyched! Fest SF @ Rickshaw Stop

8 November – REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, Iceland Airwaves
10 November – LYON, FRANCE, Le Sonic
15 November – BOLOGNA, ITALY, Covo Club
16 November – BIEL, SWITZERLAND, Terrain Gurzelen
17 November – BASEL, SWITZERLAND, Gannet
18 November – FRANKFURT, GERMANY, Zoom Bar
19 November – BREDA, NETHERLANDS, Pier15 Skatepark
20 November – GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS, Vera
21 November – AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, Paradiso (Small Hall)
23 November – COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, Huset
24 November – BERLIN, GERMANY, Monarch
26 November – COLOGNE, GERMANY, Helios37
27 November – HASSELT, BELGIUM, Club AFF
28 November – PARIS, FRANCE, Point Ephemere
30 November – BRIGHTON, UK, Revenge
1 December – BRISTOL, UK, Exchange
2 December – SOUTHAMPTON, UK, The Joiners
3 December – CARDIFF, UK, Clwb Ifor Bach
5 December – LONDON, UK, The Underworld
6 December – SHEFFIELD, UK, Delicious Clam
7 December – GLASGOW, UK, Hug and Pint
9 December – LEEDS, UK, Brudenell Social Club
10 December – MANCHESTER, UK, Yes Basement

ABOUT CUMGIRL8
After meeting in a sex chat 8000 years ago, cumgirl8 – Veronika Vilim (guitar), Chase Lombardo (drums), Lida Fox (bass), and Avishag Rodrigues (guitar) – have constructed a dense lore that spans multiple genres, timelines, and dimensions. Evocative of AIM handles of yore and stamped with a hypersexual ethos, their moniker is a simultaneous wink to the freedom granted by online anonymity, and a cheer for the sex-positive, sex worker-supportive possibilities of the web at its most utopian. A product of the experiences they’ve had across their many lives, their discography is a warped, fucked up ‘coat of many colors,’ with their forthcoming debut LP, the 8^th cumming, being no different. “We want people to be afraid of what’s coming.”

Earlier this year, cumgirl8 shared two standalone singles, ‘quite like love’ and ‘glasshour’. Both new singles served as a follow-up to last year’s EP release, phantasea pharm (their debut with 4AD), recorded, mixed, and mastered entirely from analog tape. The six-track EP followed stand-alone single ‘dumb bitch’ (2022) and their two other EPs, cumgirl8 (2020) and RIPcumgirl8 (2021).

Praise for cumgirl8
“cumgirl8 are infectious enough in their playful, hodgepodge freedom to be infatuating.”­ 
DIY

“A new, necessary, realm of art-punk.”
The Vinyl Factory

“Among the new names to watch out for.”
The Times

“An important band for the future.”
The Rodeo